Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blaengarw Primary School is the nearest published school at 216 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF32 8BW
Garw Valley · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Garw Valley
- Local authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Postcode district
- CF32
- Postcode sector
- CF32 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF32 8BW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF32
- Postcode sector
- CF32 8
- Latitude
- 51.622379
- Longitude
- -3.587503
- British National Grid easting
- 290,200
- British National Grid northing
- 192,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Garw Valley · W05001240
- Parish or community
- W04000636
- Westminster constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore · W07000107
- Output area
- W00005193
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 004B · W01000978
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 004 · W02000221
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CF32
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 216 m
Blaengarw Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Ffaldau Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 3.5 km
Nantymoel Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 181
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 94
- Public order 25
- Criminal damage and arson 18
- Anti social behaviour 17
- Other theft 8
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF32 8 residents
- 7,819
Age bands in CF32 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.3%
1,415 residents
893 residents
1,962 residents
2,094 residents
1,327 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
3
within 5 km straight-line
CWM GARW PRACTICE
VICTORIA STREET, PONTYCYMER, BRIDGEND, CF32 8NN
ODS code W95031
778 m
NANTYMOEL SURGERY
OGWY STREET, NANTYMOEL, BRIDGEND, CF32 7NA
ODS code W95645
3.5 km
OGMORE VALE SURGERY
COMMERCIAL STREET, OGMORE VALE, BRIDGEND, CF32 7BL
ODS code W95067
3.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
King Edward Street
BCT · Blaengarw
- 0.1 miles
Nanthir Road
BCT · Blaengarw
- 0.1 miles
Nanthir Road
BCT · Blaengarw
- 0.1 miles
King Edward Street
BCT · Blaengarw
- 0.1 miles
Blaengarw Community Centre
BCT · Blaengarw
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
181 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 94 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.